{"podcast":{"title":"Encounter the Truth","slug":"encounter-the-truth-1283774","podcast_index_feed_id":1283774,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2ed4a174/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://encounterthetruth.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/7756869/7756869-1596212727874-88b5fe9fdfdfa.jpg","author":"Jonathan Griffiths","episode_count":1519,"summary":"Through faithful teaching of the Scriptures, we seek to facilitate encounters with the truth of God’s Word – and ultimately, with the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Truth that came down from heaven. Our prayer is that those who do not yet know Jesus will come to a saving knowledge of the truth, that believers will be grounded in the truth, and that local churches will be encouraged in their witness to the truth.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-11T12:22:44.298871+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/encounter-the-truth-1283774"},"episode":{"title":"A Confidence in Trials (Part 1 of 2)","slug":"a-confidence-in-trials-part-1-of-2","published_at":"2026-07-03T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/encounter-the-truth-1283774/a-confidence-in-trials-part-1-of-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/encounter-the-truth-1283774","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/encounterthetruth/episodes/A-Confidence-in-Trials-Part-1-of-2-e3la4vp","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2ed4a174/podcast/play/122016185/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-26%2F3d12bbf8-83c6-0ebc-2ad2-5c427b61e093.mp3","summary":"Life in this world is hard, and opposition is real. But the Christian believer has a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. These trials may test our faith, but real faith will be proved genuine in trial. We who love Jesus have joy in the prospect of his coming. And this joy and this hope have power to sustain us in days of darkness.","meta_description":"Life in this world is hard, and opposition is real. But the Christian believer has a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. These trials ma…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1498,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/encounter-the-truth-1283774/episodes/a-confidence-in-trials-part-1-of-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/encounter-the-truth-1283774/a-confidence-in-trials-part-1-of-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}